davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17

IKOTED TOWN,
We are having some very warm
.i..-r,.
Mr.. c. c. Taylor. is at work
.,rg in a large furnace at St.
eve Episcopal church.
Rev. w. +. Wilhelm, pastor,
reach in the Presbyterian
r-.l mex. Sunday at II a. u. and
Jpn
The County Commissioners will
al adjourned meeting next
We..o-Iay for the purpose OF set
with the Sheriff on account OF
.a.y '2xcs.
Me y VI. Laws covered Parks
,.w s,qre with tin this week. The
a.;at vii. be completed about
t..a d October, and the glass
@l ion front viii be very at
..ovc.
Tie ringing Of the Episcopal
ra-.A bell Wednesday morning re.
r.irI Us that the Convocation ot
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS


To Joau Gates :
Ii appearing to the Court that the
ahove-named Defendant. John Gates, is
4 nonresident OF this State, it i there
fore ordered that this summons he pub
lisheJ for tour successive weeks IN the
ORANGE COUNTY OBSERVER. a news
paper published in said County. COM
mauding said John Gates 10 appear at
the office OF the Clerk OF this Court on
Saturday the 2ith day Of Sept. 1887.
and answer or demur TO The complaint
filed herein, or the relief demanded in
the complaint Will be granted.
This 2@th day Of Auga>t, 1887.
PRIDE JONES.
| Clerk Of Superior Court.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17

MIR. \. W. Graham is ATTENDING
court at Oxford.
MIR. James Webb Jr,, is North
buying Fall and Winter goods.
Mr.. c. VI. Parks returned from
the Northern markets Monday.
Paul G. Cameron, ESQ, is
spending q shor. time at bis home
place,
DIR. Geo. H. Thomas and Col.
W. L. DeRosset, of Wilmington.
were in town this week.
Miss Julia Albea, of Winston,
and Miss Emma Harris, of Ala
nance, arc visiting DR.. O.. Hooker.
Mrs. T. o. Faucette and Mrs
J. w. Cooper, of Raleigh, are.tbe
guests of our townsman Mr.. Samuel
T. Smith.
Henry X. Nash, Esq and
daughter, Mrs. Wooster, left here
Monday uight for Baltimore. They
expect to stay there two or three
weeks.
On Sept. 7,h, DR.. William S.
Strudwick was registered at the
Hygeia Hotel, Ola Point Comfort,
Va. He was expected to leave
Norfolk for Baltimore, Sept. 18th.
Miss Mamie Parish, who has SO
efficiently assisted Postmaster Par
ISL tor the past few months, gives
way to Miss Maggie Parish, who
has returned from a visit to Chase
City, Va.
Mr.. II. w. McCollum and wife
left here Monday night for the
North. While there MI. McCol.
lum will buy a stock OF Fall and
Winter goods for the firm Of Hedg
peth & McCollum, of which he is q
partner. Of course, on his return
the readers of the OBSERVER will
see their advertisement in this paper
Died. in Little River township
Wednesday, Sept. l4th, Miss Annie
T. Turner, daughter of Mr.. Evan,
aud Mrs. Emma Turner, aged abou'
10 years. Mss Annie had been te
Durham, and after she returned
home was taken sick. Only a few
days ago We saw her in IIillsboro
and she was a picture of pertec
health. To the bereaved parent
and sister we give our sympathy.
Died, in Cedar Grove township
Monday, Sept. 18th, at 2 p. m, Mr.
w. w. Allison, aged Is. Mr.. A
was one of the most prominent ant
useful men of that section. He wa
the first Magistrate ever elected il
that township, and held the ofic
tor many years. He has two son
and q daughter living. The tunera
services aud intermenl were at En-
church Tuesday afternoon.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17

..+T---- SIP. II, 1857.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17

-rresO POST OTTICE.-Ohce
rom : ID a. N. TO SIS, p. M,
. 3a9 except Sunday, and on
Inv from - NJ. to l p, m.
II. L. PARISH,
Post Master.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17

ORC II n c,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-17

THOMAS =.
l...L-.-3t1-,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30

| how homely or ill-featured the child.
Photographers are in the habit continually
of making lovely pictures of exceedingly
ugly babies. If they are cross-eyed their
eyes are Strengthened. If their noses are
crooked or their mouths one-sided they
correct that error, too. Women are usu-
ally very sensitive about the physical de-
ficicncies of their offspring, and seem to
try to reach the ideal of what they wish
the child might be through the skill of a
negative retoucher. He can convert a
child as ill-favored as the one which
turned into pig in "Alice in Wonder
land" into beauteous infant.
A woman brought a very ugly child to
photographer the other day, with small
eyes and o most pronounced turned-up
nose. 'Iknow it's awful humbly," she
said, "and hain't got eyes bigger than a
pig, but want you to make the picture
of a lovely baby, for it will make my Sis
ter madder than hops"
The work of making pretty photo
graphs of children is comparatively easy,
for there are no lines to deal with nor
wrinkles to mark out. Up to ten months
or one year old baby is not apt to be
burdened with expression, and shows to
better advantage divested of its garments.
Since the price of photographs has
dropped, most people who possess a baby
get it photographed about once month
after it is month old.-Boston Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
A Level Headed Chemist.

What might have proved very tragi-
cal occurrence was adroitly nipped in the
bud the other day by a Partisan chemist.
An elegantly dressed young woman,
wearing thick veil over her face, went
into q pharmaceutical establishment at
Clichy and asked for a phial of vitriol
The chemist, whose suspicious were
aroused by the mysterious manner Of his
fair customer, asked her some questions,
to which she returned evasive replies.
He then gave her, instead of vitriol,
bottle of perfumed water, and directed
man to follow the fair damsel and to
watch her movements. The amateur de-
tcctive did so, and soon saw the wo
man take up her position at street
corner, phial in hand. After having care
fully uncorked the bottle. she waited,
and, as young man we'll known in the
neighborhood passed by, she flung its
contents, with yell of triumph, in his
face. The man received the perfumed
water in his eyes, but, although it only
made him smart for moment. he roared
like bull Of Bashan, and cried out that
he was blinded forever. Meanwhile, the
emulator of Marie Beer, who thought she
had inflicted terrible punishment on her
false-hearten Adonis, ran away with the
speed of an Atalanta, vainly pursued by
some of the bystanders who had witnessed
the scene. The chemists man, however,
set everybody's mind at ease by describing
the pious fraud employed by his master
for the prevention of another Partisan
drama. Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
Wisdom in Eating.

As universal rule in health, and with
very rare exception in disease, that is best
to be eaten which the appetite Graves or
the taste relishes. Persons rarely err in
the quality of food eaten; natures IN
stincts are the wisest regulators in this
respect. The great sources of mischief
from eating are three-quantity, frequen-
cy, rapidity.-and from these come the
horrible dyspepsias, which make of hu-
man life q burden, torture, living
death. By eating fast, the stomach, like
bottle being filled through funnel, is
full and overfowing before we know it.
But the most important reason is, the
food is swallowed before time has been
allowed to divide it into sufficiently small
pieces with the teeth; for, like ice in a
tumbler of water, the smaller the bits are,
the sooner are they dissolved. 1t has
been seen with the naked eye that if solid
food is cut up in pieces small as half a
pea, it digests almost as soon without be-
ing chewed at all as if it had been well
masticated. The best plan, therefore,
is for all persons to thus comminute their
food; for, even if it is well chewed, the
communion is no injury, while it is of
great importance in case of hurry, forget
fulness, or bad teeth. Cheerful CONVEX
sation prevents rapid eating. 1t requires
about five hours for common meal to
dissolve and pass out of the stomach, du-
ring which time this organ is incessantly
at work, when it must have repose, as
any other muscle or set of muscles, after
such length of effort. Hence persons
should eat within less than 4fIHs q Il 4
hours interval. The heart itself is at
rest more than third of its time. Tho
brain perishes without repose. Never
force food upon the stomach. All are
tired when night comes. Every muscle
of the body is weary and looks to the bed
but just as we lie down to rest every
other part of the body, if we, by hearty
meal, give the stomach five hours work,
which ia its weak state requires i much
longer time to perform than at an earlier
hour of the day, it is like imposing upon
servant a full days labor just at the
close of hard days work. Hence the
unwisdom of eating heartily late in the
day or evening; and no wonder it has
cost many man his life. Always break
fast before work or exercise. No laborers
or active persons should cat an atom latei
than sundown, and then it should not be
over half the midday meal. Persons of
sedcntary habits, or who are at all ailing,
should take absolutely nothing for sup
per beyond q single piece of cold stale
bread and butter OF ship biscuit, with a
single cup of warm drink. Such a sup
per will always give better sleep and pre-
pare for heartier breakfast, with the ad-
vantage of having the exercise of the
whole day to grind it up and extract its
nutriment. Never eat without an incli-
nation.-Halps Journal Of Health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
Romance Of a Perfume.

ALahore Qndia) letter to the Baltimore
Sun says: "The story of the building OF
one of the tombs here is sufficiently inter
esting to bear repetition. When only
heir-appalent, Jehanjir fell in love with
one of his mothers attendants named Moor
Jchan, and wished to marry her, but Ak
bar married her to one of his Afghan fol-
lowers with her willing consent. Jehanjir
determined to have her, and her husband
was shortly afterward murdered, by Je-
haniir's orders, it was believed. For q
long time she refused to become his wife,
but finally capitulated about the time he
ascended the throne. Jehanjir was then a
coarse, brutal drunkard, who delighted in
torturing those who came under his dis
pleasure. But Moor Jehan, besides having
great bcauty-she was credited with be-
ing the most beautiful and fascinating
woman in the empire-possessed remark
able talents and great force of character.
Her influence over the Emperor was so
great that she made him less cruel and
frequently kept him from drink. Her in
huence was always for good, but she IS
principally remembered as the inventor OF
altar of roses.
Jchanjir raised her to honors which no
Mohammedan woman had ever enjoyed.
lie went so far as to order that all coins
Lcaring her name should be considered of
q value 100 times greater than their actual
worth. Notwithstanding that she must
have known that her first husband was
murdered at the .Emperor's instigation,
her attachment for him toward the end
seemed TO know no bounds. He called
her "Noor Nahal" Uight of the World).
Jchanjir had often expressed wish to be
buried at Lahore, which Moor Jchan COM
piled with, building the beautiful tomb
mentioned above and then retiring from
the world, vowing to never wear anything
but spotless white as token OF lnconsol-
able widowhood. She lived many years
afterward and in comparative comfort, we
NAV suppose, from the fact that she had
on annuity of over s., 900, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
Windows Decorated With Family POr
traits.

Some months ago q lady who lives in
one of the big houses on Fifth avenue
took it into her head to have her win
dows decorated with portraits. She chose
the library as o convenient room for ex-
pertinent and summoned one of La Farge's
most successful Pupils to execute her
commission. She presented him to her
children and ordered that their portraits
be placed in the windows. Three win
dows, three children, three pictures-thc
idea was lovely and it only remained to
see how we'll art would utilize it. Alas.
in spite of the fact that the artist was
most faithful, that he held sitting after
sitting with the young subjects. that the
glass work when complete was essentially
beautiful, the pictures were no more por-
traits than poems. The mother and father
looked long and anxiously at the brilliant
windows and had to turn away, admit
ting that had they not known that it was
their children who were there represented
they would not have been able to recog-
nize their faces. Still they cherished the
hope that other people might have better
fortune. Alas! again. Not one of their
guests failed to say pleasant things about
the excellent quality of the work, its
soothing influence and the like, and not
one failed to admit cautiously that he or
she could not precisely remember what
classic or NEUROLOGICAL scene was depicted
in the window painting. Not one limited
that the three chcrubs might be the chill
dren playing about them. 1t is now a
question how long the father and mother
will keep the windows in place, and if the
innocent queries of friends relative to the
antiquity of the subject continue, it is to
be feared that the library will be lighted
through plain glass once more before
summer. But there is just the chance
that patience may last till winter and in
that case new experiments may be made
and craze put fairly on its wsy.-Ne'c
York Letter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
The Old WOman's Fan.

s. s. Prentiss used to narrate an anec-
dote located at Natchez, Miss, when
Prof. Maffit, the great revivalist, was
about to preach there. The fame of the
gifted orator had preceded him, and
every person in the City of Bluffs was
anxious to hear him. Somehow the news
happened TO reach the hovel of an old
woman, who, perhaps, had not heard a
sermon for quarter of century. and
very seldom went out into the world.
She determined to hear the stranger. It
being exceedingly warm weather at the
time, and having no fan, she started out
to purchase one. She got to store where
they happened to know her, and, aware
of her ignorance, they determined to
have some fun. They told her they had
just received a new-fashioned fan, very
beautiful article, ard handed her COM
mon gilt bellows! She tried its power to
oaisc breeze and was perfectly delighted
with it. To church she went; the house
being crowded she took her seat near the
pulpit. The text was selected, and the
speaker progressed and warmed with his
subject, and so did the old woman, who
now brought her fan to her face and
commenced blowing away as if her saliva
ton depended upon her keeping cool.
This attracted the attention of the audi
cncc, and the speaker looked down to see
what was the matter. His eye caught
the old woman; he stopped and smiled
at the ridiculous figure she cut. The old
woman observed him looking at her and
cried out $50 it, my magnolia! bress
God, Use all attention. The audience
roared, and Prof. Maffit, bringing his re-
marks to an abrupt conclusion, COM
menccd singing hymn to restore order.
Ben: Perley P0ore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
Edison May Still Hear Beecher's Voice.

In the house of Thomas A. Edison, at
Llewellyn Park, is remarkable memento
of Bcecher. The Inventors phonograph
for imprcssing on a soft metal sheet the
utteranccs of the human voice, and then
emitting it again by turning q crank,
has never been put to any very valuable
use, and Edison has only gained from it
a few thousand dollars in royalties from
exhibitors. But he utilized it to make q
collection of famous voices. Since he
became famous his visitors have included
hundreds of celebrities. Instead of ask
ing them for their autographs or photo
graphs, he has, in two or three hundred
instances, requested them to speak few
sentences into a phonograph. He has
kept the plates in cabinet, and occasion
ally he runs some of them through the
machine, which sends out the words ex-
actly as uttered. Edison is probably the
only man who can revive the silcnced
voice of the great preacher r.-PAiladelphia
Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
tn SE DOCTOE.
er of Water.
Curat.

There is no.. of such general ap-
plicatior and none SO easily obtainable as
water, and yet nine persons out of ten
will pass it by in an emergency, to seek
for something of less efficacy. There are
but few cases of illness where water
should not he given the highest place as
a remedial agent.
A strip of flannel or napkin folded
lcngthwise and wrung out of hot water
and applied around the neck Of child
that has the Group will usually bring re-
lief in ten minutes. A towel folded sew
eral times and quickly wrung out of hot
water and applied over the seat of pain,
in toothache or neuralgia, will generally
afford prompt relief. This treatment in
collie works like magic.
We have known cases that have re-
sisted treatment for hours yield to this in
ten minutes. There is nothing that will
so promptly cut short congestion of the
lungs, sore th-oat or rheu natism, as hot
water when applied promptly and thor,
oughly. Pieces of cotton batting dipped
in hot water and kept applied to all sores
and new cuts, bruises and sprains, is the
treatment now adopted in hospitsls.-
Health and Home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
A $500 Coffin for q Parrot.

What is pluoably the smallest burial
casket ever manufactured was exhibited
at the salerooms of New York concern
recently. 1t was ordered by wealthy
widow residing in the city, to contain
the remains of parrot of which she was
particularly fond. The caskct is sixteen
inches long and six inches deep outside
measurement. 1t was made out of solid
piece of rosewood and is most ex.
quisitely carved. The inside is lined
with tuftcd pink satin, and the parrots
head rests upon . pillow of the same
material, richly embroidered, the whole
costing over 5000. An incident in the
life of the parrot may prove interesting
While the family were residing in India
burglars entered the house. Near the
door cord was suspended, which, when
pulled, rang gong in the servants
quarters. The parrot saw the burglars
enter and Immediately commenced pulling
the cord, thereby alarming the household
and in all probability saving the masters
life, as burglars in that locality have
playful habit of taking life or two be-
fore completing their work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30

Henry Howard explains 81 bio ! srificts
on Fasters and F6stfHR IL HE E6sls1.2
polstGn, how il ID tilat. sotss paople aad'
animals can get along without food:
Auto-suggcstion, or belief that one Is
nourished when one is not, is a. grest
thing, and accounts for many phenom-
ena otherwise inexplicable. Sedillot re-
lates an incident to prove its existence IN
the animal kingdom as well: SEA tor
toise weighing one kilogramme and q
half had been captured, and permitted
during several weeks to wander around
the garden, subsisting on flies and other
insects. o.. When weighing two Kilograms
mes the creature was recaptured and evis-
cersted from behind, its head, members,
and shell being left intact. It was then
restored to its liberty weighing fifteen
grammes lessthan at the time of its first
capture, and although entirely hollow and,
open on its posterior aspect, it roamed
about as before, swapping up flies that,
being swallowed, readily escaped from
behind. After two weeks the animal was
taken and again weighed, when it was
found to be five grammes heavier than at
the period Immediately after its eviscera-
tion. The creature was croyant;: that
is, it believed it was taking into its sys-
tenn an abundance of aliment; It was
growing fat. What was this mysterious
energy that worked an apparent impos-
sibility, if not auto-suggestion'" =
On the other hand, this sensation OF
hunger is, at least, in q certain measure,
Independent of the state of inanition. In
other words, in cases of nervous diseases
hunger may be felt acutely, with, all its
distressing effects, in body sufficiently
nourished. In support of this distinction
NJ de Parville says: "We are acquainted
with a lean lawyer and fat engineer,
both of them neurasthenic. If the law
yer does not take glass of Madeira and
q sandwich at five o'clock. he becomes
ivid and has AL attack of vertigo. The
engineer is tougher. For about year he
guarded himself pretty well against his
idiosyncracy by smoking; but toward
half-past seven, when he came home and
smelled the odor of the dishes, if he was
not served on the instant, he could not
control himself and went into veritable
fury. He became positively and in spite
of himself furiously ravenous. And yet,
he was fat, and had no need to repair the
losses of the organism that was already
too we'll nourished.
So also numerous stories are found in
all ancient medical dictionaries relative
to those great eaters whose Unsuitable
stomachs engulfed enormous masses of
solids and liquids. Such was the case Of
Tararus, who went so far as to drink the
blood of his patients and eat the flesh of
cadavers, and who was suspected of hav-
ing devoured four-year-old child; yet
he had most sweet disposition when he
wasn't hungry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
New Straw BonnetS.

The new straw bonnets are exquisitely
fine and shapely. They are brought out
in all the prevailing spring and summer
tints, noticeably, many shades of golden
brown, beige, and ecru, gray, and the nat.
ural straw and wood colors. More novel
colors are those of the English rose,
Charles x. pink, japanese red, pale hello
trope, or "wistaria," chamois, and peach
blow. The same tints appear in straw
and braid hats as in bonnets. Fancy head
coverings show odd effects produced by
combining materials, thus beaded velvet
is made into a canvas pattern by dia-
mond mixture of colored straw or looped
in shingle style one above the other.
There are numberless odd conceits in
straw gimps, willow, and rush bonnets,
and in silk scrim and fine straw mating,
which are created for the erratic young
creatures who sigh for novelty and aim at
oddity. Trimmings will be massed upon
the top of the bonnet in front. The guam
tity of these garnitures will be limited
only by the extent of space allowed by the
size of the bonnet and the length of purse
of its buyer.-Neu York Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30
A Popularity OF the Insane.

In paper entitled "The Handwriting
of the insane" recently read in Philadel-
phia, Mrs. Henry Hazlehurst said that the
giving away of the mind in an educated
person was often shown in bad spelling,
blotting, frequent crasures, the absurd
use of parentheses, italicization, and un-
derscoring in excess. Insane pride and
obstinacy take to capitals, and, it is said,
make frequent use of the letter "P, {"
which becomes perfectly enormous. Many
of these indicia were to be found in the
handwriting of ex-Sheriff Rowan, who
recently became insane. In him, too, was
noted another peculiarity, a tendency to
commence at the ri sht instead of the left
hand side of the paper, this being carried
so far that often he would not leave him
self room on the paper to complete even
his signature.